I guess its because media is something that's kinda easy to discuss without a lot of people wanting to kill you.
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But its also a decent way to explore progressive ideas and personal philosophy through the lens of art.
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Smart enough not to do politics.
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Shitty nerds can kind of understand being intellectual about film because they all think of themselves as these great cinema appreciators...
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But talk "smart" about any other subject and they get all mad like "ooh looks like someone went to grad school that's hilarious"
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formally, video essays seem to lend themselves to being particularly good about talking about other videos rather than like, books or poetry
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Well that goes without saying, you can jazz it up with some clever editing.
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That's a lot larger base of academia and writing about film theory and such. Therefore, more people trained in analyzing film?
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I think it had more to do with video essays being perfect for talking about other videos. Credits go to another comment.
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